Bit of a strenuous experience I've had with the VA...

Bit of a strenuous experience I've had with the VA the past 5 years. During my time in service I was experiencing issues with my back, and found myself discharged in 2011. After which, I visited the Ann Arbor VA ER for further problems with my back and right arm; the result of this was a recommendation for my wife to massage my back. After seeing my newly assigned primary care physician and being told nearly the same thing, I found myself discouraged from this health care system and would not find myself back into their care for this issue (which I had learned to tolerate) until September of 2015 after a rather nasty car accident. I had been diagnosed with whiplash, and underwent physical therapy which did little good in remedying the more intense and bothersome pain, which was an intensified type of the one I had felt for the past 4 years at the time. The doctor was concretely opposed to running the proper imaging tests, even after the physical therapy had ended. After this, they found it suitable to run an EKG/EEG on my legs, although the nerve pain was primarily in my arms. Luckily, I found myself in the care of a recently transferred doctor in the past few weeks, and was more than glad to help figure out why I was in pain, not stick to a diagnosis; it's only because of her fresh status that I feel I got the care I deserve and can possibly be on the road to recovery, if the damage hasn't already been done. It's for this, and only this reason, I cannot in good faith give a 1 star status, because with perseverance you can get the healthcare you deserve through the Ann Arbor VA.

If you are a new patient to this hospital, expect to be: suspected of drug seeking; treated both poorly and condescendingly; lengthy, tedious, and impertinent tests. Furthermore, expect to see the current failures of the American Healthcare system on show in a grand fashion.